Matsunaga Kimitomo

Matsunaga Kimitomo (1143-1183) was the heir apparent to the Honda clan.

Biography
Kimitomo was a general of Honda Takashige, the lord of Mikawa Province and the daimyo of the renowned and powerful Honda clan, the allies of the Fujiwara. When war broke out with the Kamakura Minamoto in 1178, Kimitomo accompanied Takashige on his quest to raise a large army to counter the Minamoto conquest. He was killed in the Siege of Ichikuni by the Minamoto aong with his lord Honda Takashige.